Submit some of my favorite quotes to Matt Maldre to put in the newspaper

In the New Jersey section of today’s New York Times, writer Kevin Coyne opened his article about the racial injustice that has been such a part of the American experience with :

“HOW do you measure the distance traveled by a nation that once believed one race of humans should hold dominion over another?”

WOW, powerful stuff. Now I have to read the rest of the article and hope that some others do too as the stories are a moving part of the American experience, reflections on things so wretching that it moves one to refect on so many things both personal and public.

The minute you settle for less than you deserve,you get even less than you settled for.

- Maureen Dowd

“In life we are often wiser for questioning our answers than answering our questions.”
- Noah ben Shea

“When people talk, listen completely.
Most people never listen.”
— Ernest Hemingway:

“You cannot depend on your eyes when
your imagination is out of focus.”
— Mark Twain

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“Thirty months ago, no one was talking about YouTube. Now, it’s a verb.” – Brad Adgate, the senior vice president for research at Horizon Media, a media buying firm in New York.

This new take on “neccesity is the mother of invention” and ya know, Paul Romer has something there.

Think about it, virtually everyone in the US has felt the increase in oil prices in some capacity. Sure, there are people who are doing without certain things in their daily routine, but for most of us, this time of upheaval is an opportunity to, well, seize opportunities.

In some part of the country, the number of people using mass transit and carpooling has increased to the point that traffic, and the dreaded traffic jam, has diminished. Not only can the people who out of neccessity must drive get places more quickly, but ambulances, and fire brigades, and other emergency responders can move about more freely.

The increase in food prices has forced some people to eat lower on the food chain which is actually healthier.

It’s easy to hang out the “Why Me” banner in times like these, but instead, hang out the “Why Not” banner! With energy prices going up, winter heating is sure to be more costly this year, so why not take advantage of long summer days to insulate your attic and weather strip the windows. Air travel is crazy expensive (and more crowded and filthier than ever) – so why not jump on line and do a little research on weekend getaways in your area; and don’t discount the fun of the local church carnival – as hokey as those things may be they are fun.

The only crisis in wasting a crisis, is missing all the opportunities it presents.

“You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.”
- Mary Tyler Moore

“Civil disobedience takes courage. Commenting anonymously does not.”

this post appeared in a thread on the New York Times website with regard to the day of disobedience in New York. It was signed but since I do not know the author I felt at odds with posting someone elses names if their intent was not to generate publicity for themselves. I just think its a damn good quote and way to conduct ourselves.